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S. ANTHONY.

HAND BAG.

APPLICATION FILED APR.25| 1918.

1,319,134. Paten1ed 001;. 1,1919.

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To all whom it may concern." 7

l HAND-BAG."

Beit knownthat I, STANLEY ANTHONY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Boston,county of Suffolk, State of Massachu-i setts, have invented an Improvement in Hand-Bags, of which the following-descrip tion, in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, is aspecification, like characters :on,

the? drawing representing like parts. 7

' This invention relates to hand bags -such as are commonly used for school -'or business purposes, and it has for its object toprovide. an improved frame construction fonth bag' which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture; which :is :strong, and-which has other advantages that will be-more i fully hereinafter set forth.

- In order to give an understanding of my invention, I have illustrated in Vthedrawings a selected embodiment thereof which will now be described; after which the novel fea; I tures thereof will be pended claims; 7

Figure 1 is a view of a hand bage mbody= ing my invention; 1 r 1 Fig. 2 is a View of one of the frame mein- 1 pointed out in the apbers before it is bent into shape; I

Figs. 3 and l ars perspective sectional views ofone of the frameme'm'bers showing I .ithe manner in WlliChrtllB side andjlining of-v material 12 for the framemember 5'." After H the bod'y material '12 has thus been folded; about-.the frame member, as shown' intFigli the back arefastened thereto; I

-'Fig.- 5 is an enlarged section on thefline-l 5 -5, Fig. 1';

Fig. 6 is a side view of'onel'ofthef frame; Tmembers'after itis-bent into shape;

manufacture of hand-bags of various types.

I'have chosen to illustrate'it' as it would be used in the manufacture of a handbag ofthe type commonly knownto the trade as the Boston'bag.

prising a body portion 1 open at the top and having a' U-shaped handle 'Q'secured to each side adjacent the top, the bag;being' held I closed by means of a strap 3 secured to one side whichbuckles into a buckle'e secured to the other side. In bags ofthis type it is co'mmonto attach the twosides of the bag to so called frame members which are" Specification of Letters Patent.

The so-called Boston bag has the general shape shown'in Fig.1, it com- V V the'shape ofthe bag, as seen in Fig. .6.

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the longer leg 7 and theface-13 of the body 7 material. that is'to constitute the outerufacec of the bag against :the shorter leg 8-.IThe liningand body materialfare inserted .intoLr.

. the metalkstrip while it is straight andbefore it has been bent transverselyainto th shape which it haswhen incorporated'rinto 1 the bag; .After the frame member 5'. has? been thus applied to the edgeof the lining 11 and bOdyQm aterial l2,:said'bodyjmaterial is'folded aroundtheshorterllegi8 and overf V the longer leg 7 of-the frame member; soflasi to overlie the opposite face of theliningl ll-:1 7 from that with which-it contactsin Fig. 1

This operation of folding-the body material 1. I

around the frame member 5 brings the face 13 of the body material on: the outside, and it alsore'sults-in providing a covering of the 4:,i1then the. body material andzlirnng area 1 stitched 'together bya lineofistitchesiiltij which extend along the edgeiof' the longer 1 leg 7 of the framememberf Thisistit'cbing f is accomplished whiletheframe zmemberl5.

is still in the form; of a" straightstrip and lbecause ofxthis fact the stitchingjcan' be f readily done in any ordinary sewing-mar: chine. Afterthe stitching lthasbeencomrpleted, then the frame member 5-is-benti1 transversely into the U-shape requiredffor Both frame member's-Will be made in the same way and after theyrhave been'sewed t0 thelining and bo'dymaterial l2 of the 5' 1 bag and bent into the .U-shape shown-in Fig. 6 they are'suitably pivoted together "at their ends, as shown at 26. I The two frame .members will be bent into such-shape that l i' when the bag is closedthey will have over-1 lapping relation, as shown :injFig. i -thus l I -atentec 10ct.21,1919.f a iieationfiiea prnas,191s. Serial No.'23o,61e.

handles 2, I propose to secure to each frame member two fingers or projections 16 to which the ends 15 of the handles may be secured. be formed from L-shaped brackets 17, one leg 18 of each bracket being riveted to the frame member and the other leg 16 of the bracket depending from the frame member and constituting-the anchorage to which the end of the handle may be secured. I propose to secure the legs 18 of each :bracket to the portion of the sides 7 of the frame member which projects beyond the leg 8, as clearly seen in Fig. 5, and this may be done by means of rivets 19 or in any other suitable way. The portion 16 of the brackets will thus overlie the inside wall of the lining 11 of the bag, and the ends 15 of the handles may be readily riveted to the depending portion 16 by means of rivets 20. This makesa very firm and secure anchorage for the handles 2. It will be noted that in the construction shown, each frame'member is formed from a single strip of metal and the manner of securing the. side of the bag thereto is such that the frame members are covered by an integral portion of the body 12 of the bag. Moreover, the operation of attaching the frame members to the bag body is greatly facilitated by rem son of the fact that all the sewing necessary is done while the frame. members. 5 are straight and before'they are bent into the U-shape shown in Fig. 6.

I claim:

1. Ina hand bag, the combination with two frame members pivotally connected together and each having a U-sha-pe in cross section, of bag sides having their top edges inserted between the sides of the U-shaped frame members, the portions of the bag sides adjacent said'edges being wrapped about and constituting a covering for the frame members. i

2. Ina bag,'the combination with two frame members pivotally connected together and each having a U -shape cross section, of two bag sides each having a portion thereof.

inserted between the sides of a frame mem ber and another portion thereof inclosing and constituting a covering for said frame member.

3. In a. bag, the combination with two Gopies of this patent maybe obtained for These fingers may conveniently' their top edges inserted betweenthe legs of the U-shaped frame members and the body material embracing and constituting a covering for the frame members.

5. The method of making a handbag Which consists in bending each of two metal strips longitudinally thereby to form two strips U-shaped in cross section with one leg. of the U longer than the other, inserting the edges of the body material and lining between the sides of each U-shaped strip, folding the body material around the edge of the shorter leg of the strip and around the body of the strip, Sowing the body and lining together adjacent the edge of the longer leg of the strip, bending the two strips transversely with the body and lining material fastened thereto and then pivoting said strips together. '6. The method in making a hand bag which consists inv folding the edge of the body material of said bag around straight metallic strips, sewingvsuch body material to said strips while in their straight form, then "bending said strips transverselyv into U-shape and pivoting said strips together;

.serted in the U-shape of the frame members,

L shaped brackets, each having one leg rlveted to the longer leg of the frame membermand the other leg overlying the inside of the bag, and handles riveted to said other legs. 4

9. In a hand bag, the combination with two frame members pivotally connected together, each having a u-shape in cross section, of bag sides comprising body material and lining material, bothbody material and lining material having a portion inserted between the legs of the U-shaped frame menr bers and thebody material embracing and constituting a covering for the frame members, said body material and lining material being secured together along the edge of v the frame members.-

In testimony whereof,'I have signed my name to this specification. 7

STANLEY ANTHONY.

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